Dorothy Harrison

Dorothy Harrison

Personal information
Full name	Dorothy Elizabeth Harrison
National team	Great Britain
Born	(1950-03-16) 16 March 1950
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb; 8.0 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Hartlepool SC
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Great Britain European Championships 1970 Barcelona 200 m breaststroke Representing England British Commonwealth Games 1970 Edinburgh 100 m breaststroke 1970 Edinburgh 200 m breaststroke 1970 Edinburgh 4×100 m medley

Dorothy Elizabeth Harrison (born 16 March 1950) is a retired English international swimmer.

Swimming career

She represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships and won a bronze medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships. She competed in five breaststroke and medley relay events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics; her best achievements were sixth place in the 4×100-metre medley relay in 1968 and eighth place in the 100-metre breaststroke in 1972. In the medley relay she competed with Margaret Auton, Wendy Burrell and Alexandra Jackson.

She also represented England and won three silver medals in the 100 and 200 metres breaststroke events and the 4 x 100 metres medley relay, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.

At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres breaststroke title in 1971 and the 220 yards/200 metres breaststroke titles in 1969, 1970 and 1971.